Hillier Street, is a street in Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District...

 of Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

. Located between Connaught Road Central and Queen's Road Central.

The name

In 1843, Charles Batten Hillier was a magistrate and coroner in Hong Kong. In 1856, he was promoted to the consulship in Siam and departure from Hong Kong. Sadly, Mr Hillier died on 18 October 1856 in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, only 6 months after leaving Hong Kong.

Nearby

• Sheung Wan Station, MTR
  MTR
  Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...
  
  
• Wing Lok Street
  Wing Lok Street
  Wing Lok Street is a street in Sheung Wan on the northern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street is a marketplace for Chinese medicine and many varieties of dried seafood - especially shark fin. Its east end features a number of restaurants...
  
  
• Des Voeux Road Central
• Bonham Strand
  Bonham Strand
  Bonham Strand is a combination of two streets in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong: Bonham Strand and Bonham Strand West ....
  
  
• Mercer Street
• Burd Street
• Jervois Street
  Jervois Street
  Jervois Street, is a street in Sheung Wan of Hong Kong Island. On December 28, 1851, there was a fire broke out and burned down Sheungwan Market and hundreds of Chinese houses all around it. 30 people killed. The fire led to the redevelopment of the whole district...
  
  
• Kwai Wa Lane

External reference

• "Street Names and Their Origins" Hong Kong's vol.1 - by Frena Bloomfield
• UK in Thailand Embassy history: Charles Batten Hillier